United States Senate elections, 1942
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33 of the 96 seats in the United States Senate 49 seats needed for a majority |
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The United States Senate elections of 1942 were held November 3, 1942, midway through Franklin D. Roosevelt's third term as President.
Although this election took place during World War II, the opposition Republican party made major gains, taking eight seats from the Democrats and one from an independent. The Democrats nonetheless retained a significant majority, though the smallest since Roosevelt was first elected in 1932.
The New York Times ascribed the results to "voters' dissatisfaction with the conduct of the war, both at home and abroad" but not evidence of a lack of enthusiasm for the war effort. It found that a candidate's stance as isolationist or interventionist before Pearl Harbor had little impact on his success at the polls. The paper's editorial board welcomed a return to normal political alignments after the unbalanced majorities of the previous decade. The election not only changed the numbers of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate, but also accomplished an ideological shift, as several longtime enthusiastic supporters of the New Deal were replaced by Republicans of the most conservative sort.
Republicans had a net gain of nine seats.
Nine came from wins over Democrats:
Republicans picked up an Independent seat:
Also, in a special election, Republicans gained a seat from the Democrats, which would later be held by a different Republican from the general election, see above:
At the beginning of 1942.
In these special elections, the winner was seated during 1942 or before January 3, 1943; ordered by election date.
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 1943; ordered by state.
All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.
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